The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a $614.8 million project to build three permanent canal closure and pump stations in New Orleans. They will replace temporary structures built in 2006 at the mouths of three drainage canals connecting to Lake Pontchartrain. Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers As part of a $614.8 million project, three permanent canal closure and pump stations will be built in New Orleans, replacing temporary structures built in 2006 at the mouths of three drainage canals connecting to Lake Pontchartrain. The stations are designed to block surges from the lake caused by a
The New Orleans Aviation Board recently recommended a $826 million expansion and redevelopment plan at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. If the proposal comes to fruition, work could commence in 2014 and it would be one of the city's largest construction projects in the coming decade. Related Links: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport The plan calls for a $650 million, 30-gate terminal with three concourses and a parking garage. It will also include a $17 million hotel, a $72 million power station and a $87 million ramp to connect I-10 traffic to and from the new terminal.Existing facilities
Work has commenced on the $14 million construction and historic renovation project at the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy. The project involves the conversion of two century-old buildings and the creation of a new building for a state charter school. Courtesy of Woodward Design+Build A rendering of the $14 million construction and historic renovation project at the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy. Related Links: Woodward Design+Build HRI Properties The project is being led by Woodward Design+Build and HRI Properties. Woodward senior project manager Bob Lipscomb says the two existing buildings were originally constructed in 1907 by the Navy
As BP struggles to cap a leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, the company is signing up fishermen onshore to help with cleanup. Photo: Craig Guillot landlocked Nicky Alfonso pulled his crab pots out of the water within days of the rig explosion. Lanvin LeBlanc, a Lafitte, La., resident, is one of more than 700 fisherman signed on so far. He single-handedly runs a 38-ft shrimp skiff. When officials closed the waters to all fishing between the mouth of the Mississippi River and Florida’s Pensacola Bay on May 2, LeBlanc effectively was put out of business. “This is
Lafitte resident Lanvin LeBlanc has been fishing his entire life. With more than three decades of shrimping under his belt, he single-handedly runs a 38-ft skiff to bring thousands of pounds of shrimp to market each year. Photo: Craig Guillot Nicky Alfonson in front of hundreds of his crab traps he recovered from Louisiana waters after the oil spill. When officials closed the waters to commercial and recreational fishing between the mouth of the Mississippi River and Pensacola Bay in Florida on May 2, LeBlanc was essentially put out of business. “Everything has just been up in the air. This